Plow.



C. W. MOWANE. PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4, 1913. 1,102,067. Patented June 30, 1914.

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PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4, 1913.

1,102,067, Patented June 30, 191 i 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

\NlTN ESSES ATTOR-NEY APH IO-,WASHINGTON D c unrrnn sra'rns .rn'rnnrorrion CHARLES WILLIAM MQWANE, OF LYNCI-IBURG, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR T0 LYNCHBURG FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF LYNCHBURG, .VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA.

PLOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1914.

Application filed September 4, 1913. Serial No. 788,107.

tening means, and" to provide a simple,

' on the strong and practical construction adapted to aflord an open space for the escape of trash and dirt falling over the moldboard, so that such trash and dirt will not pile up low. a

A further object of the invention is to provide handle fastening means equipped with a spreader bar, adapted to securely brace the rear portion of the moldboard, and capable of adjustment to compensate for any warpage of the moldboard.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrlficing any of the advantages of the 1nvention. I

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plow provided with handle fastening means, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation or the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the plow. Fig. dis a perspective view of the plow standard. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view, taken substantially on the line 55 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6'is a detail perspective view of the spreader bar.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding, parts in allthe figures of the drawings. I

In the accompanying drawings in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention,the handle fastening means 18 shown applied to the boltless moldboard plow, forming the subject-matter of an application, filed by me June5, 1912, Serial No. 7 01,849, but it is applicable'to various other plows and comprises in its c0nstruc-.

tion a standard lprovided at the back with an upwardly and rearwardly inclined integral arm 2 for the attachment ofthe right hand handle 3 and having a transversely disposed arm or flange 4, located at the inner side or face of the standard and extending inwardly therefrom and terminating short of the mold'board 5. The transverse arm or flange 4: is preferably reinforced by upper and lower bracing webs 6 adjacent to the standard, and it is provided at its rear face with a recess 7 receiving a handle attaching bar 8 and an angle spreader bar 9.- The handle attaching bar, which preferably con sists of a steel forging, is angularly bent at an intermediate point to form a front transverse portion and an upwardly extending inclined rear portion. The front transverse'portion is secured by bolts .10 to the arm or flange 4, and is arranged in the lower portion of the recess 7, which is provided with an inner reduced extension 11 into which fits the terminal of the transverse portion of the handle attaching bar. The inclined portion of the handle attaching bar receives the left hand handle 12, which is secured to the same by bolts 13 or other suitable fastening means.

The angle spreader bar 9 is composed of a front transverse attaching portion and a rear substantially horizontal bracing or supporting portion 14, which is fitted against ;the inner face of the rear portion of the moldboard 5. The transverse attaching portion and the rear supporting or bracing portion of the spreader bar are arranged at an obtuse angle to each other and are preferably reinforced at the rear face by a longitudinal web 15. The transverse attaching portion of the spreader bar is fitted in the recess 7 between the upper edge of the handle attaching bar 8 and the upper wall of the recess, the walls ofthe recess serving to brace the bars 8 and 9 and thereby relieve the fastenin devices of lateralstrain.

The spreader bar is adjustably secured to the flange or arm 4: by a bolt 16, which is arranged. in slots 17 and 18 of the arm or flange and the spreader bar, and the latter is adapted to be adjusted inwardly and outwardly to arrange its outer supporting portion 14- in proper position to securely brace the rear portion of the moldboard. The adjustment of the spreader bar enables the same to be arranged to compensate for any shrinkage or warpa-ge of the inoldboard. The outer face 19 of the spreader bar is shaped to conform to the configuration of the inner face of the moldboard.

This construction enables the plow handles to be placed several inches apart at the base of the plow, thereby leaving ample space for the escape of dirt and trash falling over the moldboard of the plow, and such dirt and trash will be prevented from piling up on the plow. 'lhe plow beam 20 is bolted to the inner face of the standard in advance of the arm or flange 4: against which the rear portion of the plow beam fits, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

l hat is claimed is z- 1. A plow including a standard provided with an integral inwardly extending transwGlSQlff disposed arm or flange and constituting a support for one of the handles of the plow, and a spreader bar secured to the arm or flange and having a supporting and bracing portion arranged to fit against the inner face of a moldboard.

2. A plow including a standard provided with an integral inwardly extending transversely disposed arm or flange, and an angle spreader bar composed of a front transverse portion secured to the arm or flange, and a rearwardly extending bracing or supporting portion arranged at an obtuse angle to the front attaching portion in position to fit against the inner face of a moldboard.

8. A plow including a standard provided with an integral inwardly extending transversely disposed arm or flange having a recess, an angle spreader bar consisting of an inner attaching portion fitted in the said recess and an outer supporting portion arranged to fit against the inner face of a moldboard, and. a bolt piercing the spreader bar and the arm or flange, said parts having a slot receiving the bolt and permitting the adjustment of the spreader bar.

at. A plow including a standard provided with an integral inwardly extending transversely disposed arm, a handle attaching bar secured to the arm and provided with a rearwardly extending portion, adapted to receive a plow handle, and a spreader bar also secured to the said arm and having a rearwardly extending portion arranged to fit against the inner face of a moldboard for supporting the same.

5. A plow including a standard provided with an integral transversely disposed arm having a recess forming upper and lower walls, a handle attaching bar secured in the recess against one of the walls thereof, and a spreader bar also secured in the recess and fitted against the other wall thereof, said spreader bar having an outer portion arranged to fit against the inner face of a moldboard for bracing the same.

6. A plow including a standard provided at the back with an integral upwardly extending inclined arm adapted to receive the right hand plow handle and having an i11 tegral transverse arm extending from the inner face of the standard, and a handle attaching bar secured to the said arm and provided with a rearwardly extending portion arranged to receive the left hand plow handle.

7. A plow including a standard provided at the back with an integral rearwardly extending inclined arm adapted to receive the right hand plow handle, said standard being also provided with an integral transversely disposed arm, a handle attaching bar secured to the said arm and having a rearwardly extending portion adapted to receivethe left hand plow handle, and a spreader bar also carried by the said trans verse arm and having an outer rearwardly extending portion arranged to fit against the inner face of the moldboard for bracing the same.

8. A plow including a standard provided spreader bar being provided with a rearwardly extending portion arranged to fit against the inner face of a moldboard.

9. A plow including a standard provided at the baelr with an integral transverse arm extending from the inner face of the standard and terminating short of the moldboard, and a handle attaching bar secured to the said arm and provided with a rearwardly extending portion arranged to receive one of the plow handles.

10. A plow including a standard provided with a rigid transversely disposed arm extending inwardly in the space between th standard and the moldboard and terminating short of the latter, a spreader bar se cured to the said arm and extending to the In testimony, that i claim the foregoing inner face of the moldboard and having a as my own, I have hereto aflixed my mg 10 rearwardly extending supporting and bracnature in the presence of two witnesses. ing portion fitted against the said face of the moldboard, and a handle attaching bar CHARLES WILLIAM N also mounted on the said arm and having Witnesses:

a rearwardly extending portion adapted to N. N. HOLT,

receive one of the plow handles. C. W. DAVIS.

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